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List of fortified churches in Transylvania

The following is a list of fortified churches in Transylvania. Southeastern Transylvania in Romania has one of the highest numbers of still-existing fortified churches, which were built during the 13th to 16th centuries, a period during which Transylvania was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire was rising. More than 150 villages in the area count various types of fortified churches, seven of them being included in the UNESCO World Heritage under the name of Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania.

List of Saxon towns and villages

The following is a list of Transylvanian Saxon towns and villages with a fortified church.

  1. Agârbiciu
  2. Agnita
  3. Alma Vii
  4. Alțâna
  5. Amnaș
  6. Apold
  7. Archita
  8. Ațel
  9. Avrig
  10. Axente Sever
  11. Băgaciu
  12. Bărcuț
  13. Bazna
  14. Beia
  15. Biertan
  16. Bod
  17. Boian
  18. Bradu
  19. Brateiu
  20. Brădeni
  21. Bruiu
  22. Bunești
  23. Buzd
  24. Câlnic
  25. Cața
  26. Cenade
  27. Chirpăr
  28. Cincșor
  29. Cincu
  30. Cisnădie (end of the 12th century)
  31. Cisnădioara (2nd half of the 12th century)
  32. Cloașterf
  33. Codlea
  34. Copșa Mare
  35. Cricău
  36. Cristian
  37. Cristian (13th-15th centuries)
  38. Criț
  39. Curciu
  40. Dacia
  41. Daia, Mureș
  42. Daia, Sibiu
  43. Daneș
  44. Dârlos
  45. Dealu Frumos
  46. Dobârca
  47. Drăușeni
  48. Dupuș
  49. Feldioara
  50. Felmer
  51. Fișer
  52. Gherdeal
  53. Ghimbav
  54. Gușterița (now a district of Sibiu, 13th-15th centuries)
  55. Hamba (16th century)
  56. Hălchiu, Brașov
  57. Hărman
  58. Hetiur
  59. Homorod
  60. Hosman
  61. Iacobeni, Sibiu
  62. Ighișu Nou
  63. Jimbor, Brașov
  64. Laslea
  65. Măieruș
  66. Mălâncrav
  67. Marpod
  68. Mediaș
  69. Mercheașa
  70. Merghindeal
  71. Meșendorf
  72. Metiș, Sibiu
  73. Micăsasa
  74. Miercurea Sibiului
  75. Moardăș
  76. Moșna
  77. Motiș, Sibiu
  78. Movile, Sibiu
  79. Netuș
  80. Nocrich
  81. Noiștat
  82. Ocna Sibiului
  83. Orăștie (around 1400)
  84. Ormenis, Brasov
  85. Pelișor, Sibiu
  86. Prejmer
  87. Racoș
  88. Râșnov
  89. Richiș, Sibiu
  90. Roadeș
  91. Rodbav
  92. Roșia, Sibiu
  93. Rotbav
  94. Ruja
  95. Ruși
  96. Sânpetru
  97. Sântimbru
  98. Saschiz
  99. Seliștat
  100. Slimnic
  101. Stejărișu
  102. Șaeș
  103. Șard
  104. Șaroș pe Târnave
  105. Șeica Mare
  106. Șeica Mică
  107. Șelimbăr (13th century)
  108. Șoala
  109. Șoarș
  110. Șomartin
  111. Șura Mare (13th century)
  112. Șura Mică (13th century)
  113. Tălmaciu
  114. Țapu
  115. Toarcla
  116. Turnișor (now a district of Sibiu, 12th-20th centuries)
  117. Ungra
  118. Valchid
  119. Valea Viilor
  120. Velț
  121. Veseud
  122. Viscri
  123. Vulcan, Brașov
  124. Vulcan, Mureș
  125. Vurpăr, Alba
  126. Vurpăr, Sibiu

List of Székely towns and villages

The following is a list of Székely towns and villages with a fortified church.

  1. Aita Mare
  2. Arcuș
  3. Armășeni
  4. Baraolt
  5. Biborțeni
  6. Bodoc
  7. Bicfalău
  8. Calnic
  9. Catalina
  10. Cârța
  11. Ciucsângeorgiu
  12. Dârjiu
  13. Delnița
  14. Ghidfalău
  15. Ilieni
  16. Lăzarea
  17. Leliceni
  18. Misentea
  19. Racu
  20. Sânzieni
  21. Sfântu Gheorghe
  22. Turia
  23. Zăbala

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